Last month, the Conservative Party pledged to cap energy prices in its 2017 manifesto, in order to tackle spiralling household energy bills. The government’s policy echoed a similar policy to the 20-month energy price freeze proposed by the former Labour leader. However, the Conservatives added that their ambition is for the UK to have “the lowest energy costs in Europe, both for households and businesses”. But how do energy prices in the UK compare to other EU countries?

The UK commercial offices sector has remained largely exposed to the uncertainties created by the EU referendum – both in the pre and post periods. This doesn’t come as a surprise given it is a key driver of the commercial sector and has increasingly been reliant on external investors for large projects. One of the many pressing, yet unanswered, questions has been around the likely impact of the uncertainty created by the EU referendum.